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46 .Nd curses draw lines on windows routines
52 .Fn hline "chtype ch" "int n"
54 .Fn whline "WINDOW *win" "chtype ch" "int n"
56 .Fn mvhline "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" "int n"
58 .Fn mvwvline "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype c" "int n"
60 .Fn vline "chtype c" "int n"
62 .Fn wvline "WINDOW *win" "chtype c" "int n"
64 .Fn mvvline "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" "int n"
66 .Fn mvwhline "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype c" "int n"
68 These functions draw lines on
70 or on the specified window.
74 function draws a horizontal line of the character
78 starting at the current cursor position and extending for
80 characters, or until the right hand side of
83 If the text portion of
85 is 0 then the line will be drawn with the
91 function is the same as the
93 function, excepting that the line is drawn in the window specified by
98 function draws a vertical line of character
102 starting at the current cursor position and moving down until either
104 characters have been drawn or the bottom of
107 If the text portion of
109 is 0 then the line will be drawn with the
115 function is the same as the
117 function, excepting that the line is drawn on the given window.
125 functions are the same as the
131 functions, respectively, excepting that
133 is called to move the cursor to the position specified by
136 before the line is drawn on the window.
138 Functions returning pointers will return
140 if an error is detected.
141 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
144 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
146 The function completed successfully.
148 An error occurred in the function.
155 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of
156 the Single Unix Specification.
162 as default drawing character in
168 extension which should not be relied on in portable code.
170 The Curses package appeared in